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I never look at CNN, MSNBC or FoxNews. I feel sites like reuters.com or apnews.com give me a good level of news without the emotional content. I agree about lo
by Ididntdothis 6y ago
I never look at CNN, MSNBC or FoxNews. I feel sites like reuters.com or apnews.com give me a good level of news without the emotional content.
I agree about local newspapers. We should worry more about what's going on close to us versus Washington.
- 52-6F-62 6y agoI've figured it was always sort of true that television news was of generally worse quality than print. They've done good work at times, but it's still TV.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoThey go for entertainment and selling ads so they have to make it exciting with a lot of controversy. News is actually quite boring and uneventful if you read only reuters or apnews.
- karatestomp 6y agoList of political activities ordered by actual effects on the world, more to less: 1) involvement in local politics (say, with a party or with advocacy groups), 2) voting in local politics, 3) involvement in state or national politics, ... 1,000) voting in state or national elections. You're arguably a better citizen if you ignore everything past your county or metro area entirely but get really involved in the local stuff—internal party activity, commission meetings, GOTV, activism, that kind of thing, maybe even run for office—compared with your average only-votes-every-two-years-at-best-but-reads-the-NYT folks. Caring about Federal politics, unless you get really involved, only makes sense as entertainment or out of some kind of categorical-imperative obligation.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoInteresting take. You've given me pause to think about this some more.